Rhodobacter capsulatus CycH: A bipartite gene product with pleiotropic effects on the biogenesis of structurally different c-type cytochromes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 5279-5290

  Lang, Steven E ^a,b   Jenney Jr , Francis E ^a,c   Daldal, Fevzi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C1; CYTOCHROME C2; CYTOCHROME C3; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0029835189     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.17.5279-5290.1996     Document Type: Article

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